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The Wisconsin FFA Foundation officially welcomes a new Executive Director, John Hromyak, MBA. He began his tenure with the Foundation in April, and is based in the organization’s Madison office, but will spend much time traveling the state to collaborate with Foundation supporters, Team Ag Ed members, FFA advisors and […]
By Mary Ann Inman REPORTER Dave and Anne Brandl purchased their farm in 1985 and are the first generation on the farm. The farm is in the process of being transitioned to the second generation, Matt and Dana. In 1996, the first free-stall building with 120 stalls along with the […]
By Scott Cernek HARVEST HILLS CHURCH One of the first articles I ever wrote for the newspaper was about spring time planting on the farm and riding on the back of the grain drill with our bare feet dangling in the soft fresh dirt. We always tried to plow in […]
By John Rindfleisch CLINTON FIRE CHIEF In the past, few weeks we have seen Mother Nature unleash her fury on all parts of the country. Wildfires in Florida, deadly storms in the south, and flooding all along the Mississippi River. It has been a while since we have seen Turtle […]
The Rock County Land Conservation Department (LCD), Rock County Parks Department and the Rock River Coalition (RRC) are recruiting volunteers to assess the health of streams in Rock County and throughout the Rock River basin. As a volunteer stream monitor, you need only devote a few hours each month (from […]
The Rock County 4-H Fair will run from July 25 until July 30 in Janesville, Wis. The following schedule was released last week. Tuesday, July 25 – Royalty presentationWednesday, July 26 – Jo Dee Messina 8 p.m. Thursday, July 27 – Rock County 4-H Fair Talent Contest 8 p.m. Friday, […]
Rock County Board Chair Russ Podzilni announced that nominations are still being received for the Rock County Hall of Honor. In 1982 Rock County opened and dedicated the new James L. Wells Cultural Center at the University of Wisconsin – Rock County. At that time a Rock County Hall of […]
With the warm weather, there have been many more bicycles on all the roadways. Make sure you know about bicycling safety before you or your kids hit the streets. The first thing is to get your bike in good working order. This alone will dramatically increase your safety on the […]
By Scott Cernek HARVEST HILLS CHURCH It is spring again and that means warmer temperatures, green grass, chirping birds, tractors in the fields, rainy days, cattle turned out on pasture, baseball games, baby kittens, and another school year winding down. I could write an article on each of these different […]
The Clinton Community School District recently named Laura Benisch the Employee of the Month. Laura Benisch has been a Business Education teacher at Clinton Community School District since 2011. During that time she has helped maintain and expand a quality business education department by adding a series of marketing courses […]
